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121. Neck pain assessment, clinical reasoning & rehab. Physio Edge podcast with Prof Gwendolen Jull

Physio Edge podcast with David Pope

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How to Avoid Fear in Patients With Back Pain

I would put a lot of emphasis on postures if I was getting dramatic changes in their pain etc even in patients who take no real relief by correcting their postures. If you're going to sit completely scrunched up and bent over it's not a healthy position to be in for your spine or even be your lungs and heart really but I wouldn't ask the patients to go into their ideal postures for more than 10 seconds every couple of hours so otherwise they rest really in a good supported chair which is where research can backfire a little bit. The way we communicate with patients is just extraordinarily important. Patients want to be believed they like a bit of empathy, showing some sort of

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